Palestine APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

To foster good relations and understanding between Britain and Palestine and to promote a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current APPG Officers
Debbie Abrahams Portrait
Debbie Abrahams
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth
Joined: 30th July 2015
1 APPG Membership
Kashmir
Baroness Warsi Portrait
Baroness Warsi
Co-Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
1 APPG Membership
British Muslims
Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Vice Chair
Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Abtisam Mohamed Portrait
Abtisam Mohamed
Vice Chair
Labour - Sheffield Central
Joined: 9th October 2024
2 APPG Memberships
International Students , University
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Debbie Abrahams MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 1041.

Email: abrahamsd@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Joseph Willits, Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding). Tel: 0207 832 1325

Email: willitsj@caabu.org

Secretariat:

Caabu acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.caabu.org/

Date
12 Feb 2023
Source
Caabu
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2023 To : 11/02/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Feb 2022
Source
Caabu
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/02/2022 To : 11/02/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Jul 2018
Source
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2018 To : 03/07/2019
Value
£4,501
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 03/07/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
4 Apr 2016
Source
Medical Aid for Palestinians (funded by the Sir Joseph Hotung Charitable Settlement)
Description
Visit to West Bank and Israel   From : 04/04/2016 To : 08/04/2016
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Palestine APPG

Former APPG Officers
Tommy Sheppard Portrait
Tommy Sheppard
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Julie Elliott Portrait
Julie Elliott
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Sunderland Central
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
British Muslims , Greater Manchester
Marsha De Cordova Portrait
Marsha De Cordova
Vice Chair
Labour - Battersea
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Crispin Blunt Portrait
Crispin Blunt
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Reigate
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Flick Drummond Portrait
Flick Drummond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Andy Slaughter Portrait
Andy Slaughter
Vice Chair
Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Kashmir , Turkey
Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Vice Chair
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Imran Hussain Portrait
Imran Hussain
Vice Chair
Independent - Bradford East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 10th March 2021
Stephen Kinnock Portrait
Stephen Kinnock
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Aberafan Maesteg
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 7th August 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Tonge Portrait
Baroness Tonge
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Champion Portrait
Sarah Champion
Vice Chair
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Vice Chair
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Memberships
Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity
Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Philip Hollobone Portrait
Philip Hollobone
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Kettering
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Steel of Aikwood Portrait
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Co-Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Morris of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Richard Burden Portrait
Richard Burden
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Officer
Labour - Lancaster and Wyre
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Parkrun , West Coast Main Line